9 (i) : Bluntschli tells Raina that he admires her when she puts on that noble and attitude and thrilling voice and would have everyone believe that she is perfect. He admires her attempt to try and convince him and others that she is a very perfect person.
(ii) : Bluntschli says that he finds it impossible to believe any single word which Raina says because instinctually, he feels that she is putting on a show and not speaking the truth about herself. He also feels that she is not telling the truth because he cannot believe, from his own experience, that she could have told so few lies in her life.
(iii): Raina couldn't believe Bluntschli's remarks about her because everyone else - from her nurse to her parents to Sergius, were totally taken in by her "noble attitude" and "thrilling voice". She was not used to someone not being bluffed by her pretense.
(iv) : Raina pretends to be offended at the remark made by Bluntschli that he finds it impossible to believe a single word she says. She is not so offended because in this extract itself, she suddenly changes her manner and asks him how he found her out, which means she knew what she was doing and was only trying her luck.
(v) : Bluntschli finds about Raina that she puts on a behaviour before people which is not her true self. She does this because she believes that she has to impress people and pretend that she is a perfect person. She believes that she must actually try and be the romantic, perfect person.
Bluntschli finds her out by his instinct - his gut feeling that she is putting on a show and his "experience of the world" - his experience of people and how they behave.
(vi) : This extracts highlights the contract between romance an realism because Raina has been putting on a show all her life, pretending to be a perfect person (as only true in the romance stories). All those who had been around her had been letting her carry on with such a charade and they might even have been cultivating such behaviour in her. However, Bluntschli is Shaw's modern man who cuts through the farce of romance and believes that people should be straightforward and honest about themselves. Bluntschli has rubbished Raina's ideals of war and now he rubbishes her pretence to be a perfect lady.
(ii) : Bluntschli says that he finds it impossible to believe any single word which Raina says because instinctually, he feels that she is putting on a show and not speaking the truth about herself. He also feels that she is not telling the truth because he cannot believe, from his own experience, that she could have told so few lies in her life.
(iii): Raina couldn't believe Bluntschli's remarks about her because everyone else - from her nurse to her parents to Sergius, were totally taken in by her "noble attitude" and "thrilling voice". She was not used to someone not being bluffed by her pretense.
(iv) : Raina pretends to be offended at the remark made by Bluntschli that he finds it impossible to believe a single word she says. She is not so offended because in this extract itself, she suddenly changes her manner and asks him how he found her out, which means she knew what she was doing and was only trying her luck.
(v) : Bluntschli finds about Raina that she puts on a behaviour before people which is not her true self. She does this because she believes that she has to impress people and pretend that she is a perfect person. She believes that she must actually try and be the romantic, perfect person.
Bluntschli finds her out by his instinct - his gut feeling that she is putting on a show and his "experience of the world" - his experience of people and how they behave.
(vi) : This extracts highlights the contract between romance an realism because Raina has been putting on a show all her life, pretending to be a perfect person (as only true in the romance stories). All those who had been around her had been letting her carry on with such a charade and they might even have been cultivating such behaviour in her. However, Bluntschli is Shaw's modern man who cuts through the farce of romance and believes that people should be straightforward and honest about themselves. Bluntschli has rubbished Raina's ideals of war and now he rubbishes her pretence to be a perfect lady.
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